Heinkel He 100D.

[RODBUSTR]

   It is something to ponder.  It most likely flew more sorties than the Ta 152 even if It had a production run of 25 or so planes.   Have a blast.

[Chris79]

I’m curious as to why the Germans never put that puppy into production it seems like a nasty piece of work. 417mph and 3 20mms in 1938.

[Greebo]

The He 100 featured an evaporative cooling system with a retractable radiator for low speed and ground running. While this gave very low drag it did not work very well and the prototypes suffered badly from overheating and cooling system failures. Also this type of cooling system would have been very vulnerable to battle damage, far more so than a conventional radiator.

Apart from the cooling issues the He 100 also had weak landing gear.

[Devil 505]

The He 100 featured an evaporative cooling system with a retractable radiator for low speed and ground running. While this gave very low drag it did not work very well and the prototypes suffered badly from overheating and cooling system failures. Also this type of cooling system would have been very vulnerable to battle damage, far more so than a conventional radiator.

Truth.

In short, the entire wing surface is a radiator. one ping to a wing, goodbye engine.

[Vraciu]

   It is something to ponder.  It most likely flew more sorties than the Ta 152 even if It had a production run of 25 or so planes.   Have a blast.

That plane was a propaganda tool at best.    We have more pressing needs than a plane that probably never even sniffed an enemy aircraft.

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HAVEABLAST.

[BuckShot]

Even though we probably won't get this prototype I'm glad ROD asked for it. Neat plane, I didn't know about it until his post.

It had quite a cooling system, with 24 water pumps!

I had a blast reading about it.

[Vraciu]

Even though we probably won't get this prototype I'm glad ROD asked for it. Neat plane, I didn't know about it until his post.

It had quite a cooling system, with 24 water pumps!

I had a blast reading about it.

I'd rather have an F8F.  Both saw the same amount of combat.  At least the F8F was being deployed to a combat area before the war ended.

[perdue3]

If we had a Spanish Civil War server or maybe an Olympic Games of 1936 server, I'd say add it.

[Devil 505]

If we had a Spanish Civil War server or maybe an Olympic Games of 1936 server, I'd say add it.

That's the He 112.

[perdue3]

That's the He 112.

Twice in one week.

[RODBUSTR]

   The He 112 and He 100 were different planes.

[Spikes]

   The He 112 and He 100 were different planes.

You don't say?

[RODBUSTR]

See Rule #4

[Devil 505]

How did you get a copy of Schlowy's Big Book of War?

[Vraciu]

See Rule #4